With Borderlands 4, Gearbox continues its popular shooter series. If a new main entry had not come about, the developer studio would have been busy with another title, according to Randy Pitchford, the founder of Gearbox Software.
Why did Pitchford speak up? On X, Pitchford responded to a comment from a user. The user wanted to make it clear that Gearbox should have learned from the mistakes of its recent flops to make Borderlands 4 a “banger”.
- Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands was a spin-off released in 2022. Here, especially the first DLC disappointed, as players had completed everything in less than an hour.
- New Tales from the Borderlands receives “mostly negative” reviews on Steam and lands at only 34% based on 998 votes. The predecessor already came in last place in our ranking.
- The movie crowned the recent failures once again. MeinMMO editor Niko Hernes warns all Borderlands fans against watching the film.
However, according to Pitchford, the main game of Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands was “far from a flop”. The spin-off received excellent reviews at release. The Gearbox head reveals that there would have been new content for this game if the developer studio had not focused on Borderlands 4.
So far, we have only seen a teaser trailer for Borderlands 4:
Gearbox head wanted to continue working on Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands
Which game would have been released instead of Borderlands 4? Pitchford continues that he wishes Gearbox could have worked on a large campaign DLC for Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands. However, Borderlands 4 does not allow for that. The team’s focus is currently on the new main entry.
You can read the entire conversation in the following tweet in English:
So far, 5 add-ons have been released that players can purchase as a package in a season pass for Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands. However, each of these DLCs only featured a few new enemies, items, and environments. The story was not advanced.
The new DLC would have furthered the story of the spin-off. Currently, Gearbox is focusing on the development of Borderlands 4, but who knows what they will work on after its completion. Perhaps they might continue their original plans and develop a campaign DLC for Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands. Hope dies last.
What kind of spin-off is this? Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands itself originated from a DLC called “Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon Keep”. Here, players land in a fantasy world where the tyrannical dragon lord must be stopped. They create a multi-class hero and slaughter their way through the most adventurous dungeons.
In Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, players could also hunt for the best loot. One gamer had the luck to find the rarest item. Even winning the lottery has a higher chance than the drop of this item: Players in Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands find the rarest item – A drop is much less likely than winning the lottery
